Ben Symes is in for Stephen Doyle on this week’s League of Ireland Pod, alongside Vinny Perth and Gareth McGlynn, after a chaotic, unorthodox run of fixtures across the Premier Division.

They break down Drogheda’s massive 2-1 win away to Dundalk, the fallout and what it means at the bottom, plus Eoin Kenny’s move to Portsmouth and why it’s a brilliant, hard-earned story.

There’s big talk on John Russell leaving Sligo for Shelbourne — what it does to the Bit O’ Red, what Russell can bring to Tolka, and the growing Jamestown Analytics model behind the scenes.

And it’s Europe and the FAI Cup: Rovers’ 5-1 statement, Derry’s hope in the Brandywell, Bohs in Gibraltar, and the Ringmahon Rangers controversy.

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